30 years after his death, Kurt Cobain’s last days: help didn’t come too late, he just ignored it

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Looking back, the news was as surprising as the expiration of a time bomb. But it still shocked the whole world: on April 5, 1994, exactly 30 years ago Friday, Kurt Cobain, the 27-year-old frontman of Nirvana, died by suicide in his home in Seattle. Grunge lost its figurehead, an entire generation’s idol. What drove Cobain to this point remains a mystery. Did he do it in a fit of madness and drugs? Or, after years of battling depression, did the demons win the day? A reconstruction of Kurt Cobain’s last days.

Thursday April 4, 2024 at 9:49 PM